MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

RUSSIA WILL RECOVER. LLOVDGEOKCE'S assurance. P.euter St-rvice. ' Receded Tiiiv 0.'20 p.m. London, July SI. Mr. Lluyd-George. in milking a prosinl a t,i»n to the chairman of the I'ress (■allery of thi- Ifuii-e 01 Commons. said (■Hal on hi< recent visit t» Paris ho fnii'id Hie spirit of the l-'reneh Letter tipii eve:'. '1 iiwas romprkable, in v.ovv of the horrible and the tact that. the enemy v.a.-, stili occupying their country. and '.]>;> because a sense oi discouragement migir. iiavo boon expected from tbe <;reat collapse of tlio Russian armies. Put. information bad been rivtiivd thai Russia will recover and become as formidable us over.

AIR RAID CASUALTIES.

COMPARISON" WITH STREET ACCIDENTS. Received July 31, 8.50 p.m. London. July :;0. Sir George Cave (Homo Secretary) stated that 307 people bad been killed as the result of nir ro.ids in London since the bejiinnmff of tbc wai. while 2113 had l,i en killed tjy street ac-cidents. There had been 1002 injured by air raids, and 70 803 by street accidents.

LABORITES VISIT PARIS,

I CONFERENCE WITH FRENCH AND RUSSIAN LABOR. Rente- Servke. Received July 31. 5.15 pjdi London, July 30. In the House of Commons. a question elicited the announcement that Messrs Henderson. Wardle, and Ramsay MttcDonnld had pone to Paris to discuss the situation with representatives of French Ru.--ian LaUr parties. .Vfr. Boaar Law .'•t,it el! that Mr. Henderson .u*nt in the a<\ty ot secretary oi tile Labor tarty. The arrangements were settled without the Government's knowledge. Ashe,! why the Government did not interfere, Mr. lionar Law said the only way to interfere would have been to rcfiif" passports, -which ,the Government did not do.

A BYE-ELECTION. '; 1 Received July 31, 5.45 p.m. London, July 30. At the Dundee bye-election the voting was: Churchill 730*2, Scrymffeour 2500. _ A TANK COUPS. London. July 30. A Tank Corps has been formed, consisting of technical and non-technical sections. The latter .will receive the sain r : pay as the field artillery, while the pay of the technical section will be higher than that of any other unit in the army. SHIPPING LOSSES. London, July 30. The "Ministry of Shipping has" issued a detailed statement, showing the sacrifices incurred by British shipping in connection with the war.

It shows that 50 per cent, of the previously engaged in distant trading to foreign countries and the Dominions lias been brought home. Fourteen millions of ocean going tonnage i 3 serving in liritnin and Ireland at present, and Uj millions of this is engaged in war service. very substantial :'niu;int of shipping is assigned to meet u> needs of the Allies, both for munitions and foodstuffs. The situation has now reached a stage nece.>itatiiig the complete control of all shipping in order to ensure the best "•1 ni'l employment of every vessel and divert to the nation the high profits arising from the 'war conditions. FOOD CONTROL DEMONSTRATION. London, July 30. Trades unions and co-operative societies made a demonstration in Hyde Park and demanded that the Government purchase rtU imported foodstuffs, commandeer home-grown supplies, and sell them at a fair price to rich and poor alike. It was urged that the price of the quartern loaf be fixed at 6d.